"Our economy is a hundred times better, than the average African economy. Outside South Africa, what country is [as good as] Zimbabwe?.. What is lacking now are goods on the shelves - that is all."

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Source : Interview with Heidi Holland, December 2007.

Robert Mugabe

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“Almost all of the stories in The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan are told in the first person, yet, depending on the angle and distance of the narrator, they exert different effects. The best are those in which the speaker never poses as an objective outsider. (...) Other stories are damaged by the urge to distance the narrator.”
“Ive got a ton of stories about Chuck Knox, ... Over the course of my playing career, there was nobody that I learned to respect and appreciate more than I did Chuck Knox.”
“I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.”
“Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.â€ â€œWhat . . . what game?â€ â€œThe only game. The game of thrones.â€ -(Littlefinger)”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2138, Bantam
“No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline.”
“Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.”
“There is only one way to kill capitalism - by taxes, taxes, and more taxes.”
“I think a sentence is a fine thing to put a preposition at the end of.”

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